Jump to content

Low on Oil

Christiank22

Recommended Posts

BLEAPHAR09 Enthusiast

BLEAPHAR09

Posted
Posted

No Hoax here either. ChristianK22, mine went in for 8 Afm lifter replacement and after 3 days of having it back its knocking again so its back in the shop again. I know its hard to believe but with 0-1 qt of oil i didnt have 1 warning come up on the DIC. If i hadnt heard the knocking sound i would have never known i was out of oil. And of course i check the oil periodically, but we all get busy and overtime trust all the technology and controls put in place to make our lives easier. I mean how many times have you been 3-5k miles on an oil change and think, i better check my oil level it could be completly gone. And u definetly dont think that at 700-1k miles.

 

ChristianK22, since u didnt have the dealership pick up the truck on the side of the road with no oil showing i wouldnt bring it up unless you go thru the oil again on this next oil. Neither u or the dealership can prove what happened unfortunately. Hopefully, it was similar to Ron White's story and the oil guy at the dealership didnt show up to training on oil change day, so he forgot to fill it back up. Good luck with everything and hopefully u wont run into any problems in the near future. Just keep an eye on your oil every 1k miles or have the dealership start an oil consumption test for records. And if u hear the ticking/knocking sound in the engine bay, then u might be looking at lifter issues and alot of these trucks have it and seems to go along with the oil consumption.

 

Good luck

Christiank22 Enthusiast

Christiank22

Posted
  • Author
Posted
No Hoax here either. ChristianK22, mine went in for 8 Afm lifter replacement and after 3 days of having it back its knocking again so its back in the shop again. I know its hard to believe but with 0-1 qt of oil i didnt have 1 warning come up on the DIC. If i hadnt heard the knocking sound i would have never known i was out of oil. And of course i check the oil periodically, but we all get busy and overtime trust all the technology and controls put in place to make our lives easier. I mean how many times have you been 3-5k miles on an oil change and think, i better check my oil level it could be completly gone. And u definetly dont think that at 700-1k miles.

ChristianK22, since u didnt have the dealership pick up the truck on the side of the road with no oil showing i wouldnt bring it up unless you go thru the oil again on this next oil. Neither u or the dealership can prove what happened unfortunately. Hopefully, it was similar to Ron White's story and the oil guy at the dealership didnt show up to training on oil change day, so he forgot to fill it back up. Good luck with everything and hopefully u wont run into any problems in the near future. Just keep an eye on your oil every 1k miles or have the dealership start an oil consumption test for records. And if u hear the ticking/knocking sound in the engine bay, then u might be looking at lifter issues and alot of these trucks have it and seems to go along with the oil consumption.

Good luck

Thanks for the response I hope it's not the lifters, but hey if I'm gonna be going in that far to the engine to change those might as well do some extras while I'm in there :) I hope everything gets figured out with your truck as well.

sahls01gmc Senior Enthusiast

sahls01gmc

Posted
Posted

I remember once when I changed my oil, part of the old rubber gasket stuck to the engine. This caused the new filter to not seal properly, and I pumped out all 6 quarts with 2 miles. I heard the same noises and started to panic. LUCKILY, I was able to get it fixed before any major damage happenned. 155,000 miles since that has happened, and still running strong.

 

Perhaps you can send in an oil sample (anyone recommend a place?) and have it analyzed to see if there are any traces of metal or anything "not oil" going on in there.

 

 

Best of luck, hopefully it was just a fluke....

Christiank22 Enthusiast

Christiank22

Posted
  • Author
Posted

That's a good idea, never even thought about that. I'll look up blackstone labs, I wonder if even the chemistry department at my university I go to could do a test

gmtech4 Senior Enthusiast

gmtech4

Posted
Posted

i have an idea ,,,,

 

how about changing the oil/filter again YOURSELF and driving 1000 miles and recheck the oil level ,,,

 

that way you know WTF is goin on ,,,,,and have proof that they forked up your truck ,,or almost did ,,,

 

make sense ?

Christiank22 Enthusiast

Christiank22

Posted
  • Author
Posted
i have an idea ,,,,

 

how about changing the oil/filter again YOURSELF and driving 1000 miles and recheck the oil level ,,,

 

that way you know WTF is goin on ,,,,,and have proof that they forked up your truck ,,or almost did ,,,

 

make sense ?

Definitely makes sense, I'll change it next time I can get home. At the latest that'll be March 14. I'm going to check it every 250 miles or so until then and see if there are any changes in the oil level.

gmtech4 Senior Enthusiast

gmtech4

Posted
Posted

Definitely makes sense, I'll change it next time I can get home. At the latest that'll be March 14. I'm going to check it every 250 miles or so until then and see if there are any changes in the oil level.

or like ya say .top it up and check it and the mileage ,,,same same

j-ten-ner Senior Enthusiast

j-ten-ner

Posted
Posted

What do you think the problem is then? Is my truck going through oil like gas or what??

 

I don't know what the problem is.

I don't mean to be rude or to offense you. It just doesn't make sense.

And yes. If your engine is the 5.3L with AFM it could go trough oil like nothing.

 

I can't believe no one checks their oil.

 

I checked all the fluids after I bought my '07 Sierra back then.

After two weeks or so the "engine oil low" message popped up.

I did not check the oil in between because I didn't expect a modern engine to go through oil like a tug boat.

Now I check every time I fill up gas. Of course I supposed to do it anyway but come on...it's 2014.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

Christiank22 Enthusiast

Christiank22

Posted
  • Author
Posted

 

What do you think the problem is then? Is my truck going through oil like gas or what??

 

 

 

I don't know what the problem is.

I don't mean to be rude or to offense you. It just doesn't make sense.

And yes. If your engine is the 5.3L with AFM it could go trough oil like nothing.

 

 

 

I can't believe no one checks their oil.

 

 

 

I checked all the fluids after I bought my '07 Sierra back then.

After two weeks or so the "engine oil low" message popped up.

I did not check the oil in between because I didn't expect a modern engine to go through oil like a tug boat.

Now I check every time I fill up gas. Of course I supposed to do it anyway but come on...it's 2014.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

Sorry about that, always so hard to judge how people are saying things on a message board. The truck has the 6.2 so no AFM, I wonder if it could still be a lifter issue though..

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Forum Statistics

    250.5k
    Total Topics
    2.7m
    Total Posts

  • Member Statistics

    342,903
    Total Members
    8,960
    Most Online
    RyGuy43
    Newest Member
    RyGuy43
    Joined

  • Who's Online   1 Member, 0 Anonymous, 413 Guests (See full list)

  • Latest Articles

  • Posts

    • richard wysong
      Wow I'm in a pickle. (Broke down truck) and a story.

      By richard wysong · Posted

      Is it time to put a piece of tape over the CEL? 
    • davester
      2015 Silverado 3500 right rear turn indicator failure

      By davester · Posted

      consider doing electrical testing?  I would guess some power or ground wire/connection has a problem.   alldata.com has wiring diagrams, connector pinouts and diagnostic procedures you can use to find where the problem is.
    • davester
      My First Project and GMC has me stumped

      By davester · Posted

      can you tell if the reader is actually trying to get codes, and the pcm is reporting none, or is your reader just silently failing because it's not communicating with the pcm?
    • Atlas
      Wow I'm in a pickle. (Broke down truck) and a story.

      By Atlas · Posted

      Any joy with this truck seems to be short-lived.   The CEL for P0172 ("bank 1" too rich) is now "intermittent".   I'm not sure where to check, or re-check, and my energy to keep chasing problems with junk is wearing thin. The P0172 seems to set as I'm coming to a stop, completely off the throttle, when fully warm. At least, that's what it's done the 3? times it's set.   Everything appears normal on the scanner EXCEPT long term fuel trim. There's only one bank on this vehicle because it's an OBD 1.5 with only one upstream O2 sensor. At idle, it's around -16.4% and will dip to -18% occasionally at idle or off-throttle. LTFT approaches 0 when throttle is held at 2500rpm. Short term appears normal, much closer to zero all the time. The LTFT tells me the engine is running rich at idle but compensating at higher load. But, why?   The EVAP purge valve doesn't appear to be leaking/sucking fuel vapor continuously. Is it sticking just as I come to a stop and the engine is choking on fuel vapor and sets the P0172? But that doesn't explain the persistently negative LTFT. Disconnecting the purge valve doesn't seem to make any difference.   I suppose that leaves another dang issue with the fuel injector. A leaking fuel pressure regulator, a new leak in the spider, or a leaking fuel injector/poppet valve I didn't see, or a small crack in one of the spider legs.   The vacuum line leading to the fuel pressure regulator doesn't have raw fuel in it. It doesn't even smell like fuel when it's pulled off, not until you suck air through it, then you can tell it leads to a fuel component. I'd consider that normal? Nothing is signaling this is a FPR issue from the outside, at least.   The oil smells like fuel but it's not building volume. I've noticed most oil in most engines smells like fuel to some degree so it's hard to say if the smell is an issue or not. Or if the engine just still smells like fuel because the crankcase was full of it a few hundred miles ago. But it's been changed twice since that original issue of the leaking fuel line dumping fuel into the intake.   Patience is running very thin. Every win seems to be accompanied by two steps backwards, or another issue that leads to removing at least the top half of the intake manifold. Enough! LOL
    • Chuck FB
      Tire pressure for 37s

      By Chuck FB · Posted

      First off you mentioned "Toyo Says" and then gave the pressures 45/50, was this some person at the tire shop that pulled those numbers out of his head ?   Now of course I can't know your exact axle weights front and rear, however I have much the same pickup as yourself other than not knowing your starting weight as per the pounds the truck rolled out of the factory at due to the options yours did or didn't come with or what you have added beyond the extra tire weight. The correct way to know 100% where a person is at is by weighing each axle with the typical weight the vehicle is driven with and that means taking into account passengers and making sure you figure in a full tank of fuel and a little grace for whatever you may put in the bed "groceries" !    I am looking at and not that it really matters as all the tire companies use the same charts anyway, but I am looking at the comprehensive Toyo tire chart in the section that your tire falls under and I know it sounds confusing but your tire is not an LT metric tire like your factory tire but instead because its a standard inch measured tire its under a different category called an LT floatation series tire. That makes a difference as LT metric tires they don't want to see run below 35 psi at highway speed where as with the LT floatation series it can be run down to 25 psi on the highway as long as the weight on the said size of tire is agreeable with or less than that minimum 25 psi. It blows many people away that how is this physically possible, an empty truck for one thing and larger tires with the same size wheel diameter have a lot more air volume so they can carry the same weight as the smaller tire with less air pressure.    So my truck, I have the stock 275/65R20 wheels and tires and I have a bit of weight in the box with a bak flip cover and a rubber bed mat and some tools and spare gas. The front of my gas truck weighs a bit more than some trucks of the similar spec due to double batteries and alternators. However with full fuel and just me in the truck I am weighted such that I can run 40 front and 35 rear and so that is what I have done since day one.    If I base your truck at or slightly below the weight of my truck, in theory with your tires going by the tire chart you might be right around a minimum of 30 pounds front and 25 pounds rear. Of course that would hit pretty much minimum cold inflation pressure one could run with that tire size and a near empty truck. If you have access to an accurate weigh scale to do individual front and rear axle weights I would suggest you do that and make sure your topped up with fuel and whatever else in the truck before you weigh it and then you will have a great starting point to work off of and figure out what your bare minimum pressures are you can safely run. If you do much in the way of hot weather high speed driving, bumping up a bit for a safety margin is never a bad idea but just depends on what type of driving you do. I will include the Toyo chart and the floatation series sizes start on page 31. Without a doubt at these pressures I am speculating at minimum wise for your truck, it would most certainly ride very different then it did when you were using 55 lb front and rear.     https://www.toyotires.com/media/pxcjubjs/application_of_load_inflation_tables_20200723.pdf

  • GM-Trucks.com Clubs

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...